WEST LONDONTHREAD - JULY/AUG 2007 (when we finally get a summer?)

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Just thought I would get this up and running before the old one is full.

hi all lovely picnic at kew today looking for the sun and dodging clouds

KC dd is nearly 2.2 and as she is bf she only ever had that before bed, she is now self weaning so nothing but water after dinner which is about 1.5/2 hrs before bed give or take

CoV - brilliant - we can have a "kitchen warming" party on 13th

Kew - it was DD not DS, which is why it sounded so funny! DD still has a drink of cows milk just before she goes to bed. DS1 occassionally has hot chocolate (not very often though)

I just posted on the other thread regards to COVs kitchen warming, I should be there, and look forward to seeing you all!

Hello everyone.

Sushi,
No, they didn't feature the story on Friday.
Maybe next week.

Paddle if you get online do you want to meet post nap or are you shagged out? My mobile is lost again courtesy of gherkin-kun so I'll try to call you a bit later.

Obviously anyone else welcome - just my experience that most of you aren't generally up for Sunday teatime meets

hi all

just got back, got a few things to do around the house post departure of the hoardes!

QC, think we're prob just going to hang here for the arvo but you're welcome to pop over if you like....

dd has her milk (a medium avent magicup) right before she goes to sleep about 6:45ish. mostly she's off to sleep between 7 and 7:30. she has tea early tho and i've found late tea thus late milk doesn't work too well.

Good afternoon all.

It's been a busy day so far; a Japanese hairdresser came to cut my and DS's hair (I'm well ahead of you, QC.) then friends from Paris came to visit and we went to Kew Gardens together which was lovely.

oh dear new problme with DS - he bit a child at CM's on Thursday (haven't seen him do that before) I had sort of discissed it as a one off but he tried to take a lump out of Paddle DD today sorry paddlette!

Its obviously frustration and tiredness but any advice on how to nip it in the bit. Won;t be taking my mothers advice (before she knew DS was biting so not sure she would really do this in practice) - to bite them back . Isn;t that just teaching them that its OK to do it but only if you're bigger than the other person and can get away with it?

Both mine went through a (small) biting phase around that age. I think it is kind of an experimental thing. I don't agree with biting back, agree it sends the wrong message. Both mine got a very firm "NO" and where plonked straight on the naughty step. They only did it a few times (mostly to me) until they got the message.

Yes, it's a phase. DS's nursery even had an evening meeting to talk about it. There are all sorts of reasons for biting but at this age, mostly frustration not being able to express their feelings well. What the nursery nurses do is to say firm 'No' to the biter and give lots of cuddles to the bitee. Sometimes they let the biters help the staff to take out some frustration. DS still gets bitten but a lot less than before. Don't worry QC, every kids bite.

kew - DS1 went through a phase when he was 2 when he used to draw blood from our first Cm and most of her family. he was a bit older than your Ds so I could talk to him about it.

It is just a phase - I'm sure your CM deals with it well. Its worth having a chat with her about how she reacts when he does it, so you can both react the same way and make sure you give him a consistent message between you.

thats a good point foxie (about reacting the same way) will talk to her tomorrow.

We met our first prospective lodger tonight. A friend's nephew - lovely boy so we reduced the price of the room . He seemed very keen but I told him to have a think and call us tomorrow If he doesn't take the room we'll get someone else in - having spent the whole day clearing and cleaning the room.

He only wants a short let so it will give us a chance to see how it goes having a lodger in the house

Hello.

I'm a bit of a lurker on this thread as I'm a Richmond girl.

And that makes me sound a bit stalkery, which I'm not, obv.

Bubble . I did wonder why you've never ventured ontohere. We are meeting in Richmond for dinner tomorrow night if you would care to join us.

No can do, sorry.

I'm out on Tuesday night and that'll be me done for.....ooh?....about the next three months?

I've still got 4am wake-ups here.

But thanks for inviting me.

I do feel that I've fallen into some kind of social no-man's land.

I like meet-ups with the children, of course. But I do enjoy being able to sit down and talk without having a snotty nose rubbed against my leg.

Maybe next time?

hi all
hope you've had a good one..
i've been working all day and have been very STRONG not mnetting...nerves ot steel or what, eh?

kew, yep, biting is just a phase, albeit a rather unpleasant one. my mum always says how she "cured" me of biting by biting me herself. (these days i'd "divorce" her, eh? but i agree with you. how can you teach a child it's wrong to hurt people then hurt them?

as sushi says, the key is to show your disapproval. lots of "ouch!" "that HURT mummy/nanny/little joey/random stranger passing on the street." "don't do it again." then focus your attention on the child who's been bitten.

foxie...ooh-er mrs landlady!

hi bubble
i used to live in richmond up to 15 months ago..have just dragged myself a bit further up the A316 to mortlake.
toodlepip

Bubble keep your eyes peeled for daytime meets with children in tow (often do Kew gardens).

oh sushi.. i had my hair cut and, more importantly, coloured yesterday, too. not that i'm trying to keep up or anything...

Will do.

Can I ask, COV?

Any further thoughts on DC3?

Hi Bubble I'm in Kew How old are your snotty nose owners?

Hi foxcub.

They are 9, 7, 2 and 9 months. All boys

Yours? Snotty-nosed or otherwise.

O, look... can it be???? Bubble crashes into the West London thread. How exciting!